Chronik der Anna Magdalena Bach
By: von Danièle Huillet und Jean-Marie Straub ; Franz Seitz Filmproduktion [and others] ; Produktionsleitung, Danièle Huillet
Contributors: Leonhardt, Gustav, 1928-2012, actor; Lang, Christiane, actor; Carlini, Paolo, 1922-1979, actor; Castelli, Ernst, actor; Boye, Hans-Peter, actor; Wolf, Joachim, actor; Baldi, Gian Vittorio, producer; Piccone, Ugo, cinematographer; Diamanti, Saverio, cinematographer; Canfarelli, Saverio Giovanni, cinematographer; Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750, composer; Concentus Musicus Wien; Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. Konzert-Gruppe; Knabenchor Hannover; Franz Seitz Film; New Yorker Video (Firm)
Published: 2005
Language: ger
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 93
Subjects: Drama; Composers; Foreign films; Biography; German dialog
Other titles: Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach
Description: The life and work of renowned 18th-century German composer Johann Sebastian Bach are traced in this stirring biodrama. Narrated by Bach's wife Anna, the film is mostly comprised of set pieces in which Bach performs many of his works.
Notes: Based on the diary of Anna Magdalena Bach.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1967.

Special features: Historical "Making of" featurette; booklet including essay by critic Armond White, note from Gustav Leonhardt.

Cinematographers, Ugo Piccone, Saverio Diamanti, Giovanni Canfarelli ; editors, Danièle Huillet, Jean Marie Straub ; music, Johann Sebastian Bach.

Gustav Leonhardt, Christiane Lang, Paolo Carlini, Ernst Castelli, Hans-Peter Boye, Joachim Wolf.

DVD; NTSC, region 1.

German dialogue with optional English subtitles.